INTRODUCTION 11 



and constant employment for the members of the 

 smallholder's family. 



Even where milk selling for direct consumption is not 

 possible, dairy farming from the smallholder's stand- 

 point is very profitable. The demand for milk products 

 — butter, cheese, and animals largely raised with the 

 assistance of skimmed or butter-milk, that is, calves 

 and pigs — is increasing and is likely to continue to 

 increase. 



From every standpoint, then, dairy farming, properly 

 undertaken, is very profitable for the small farmer. 



Let it be understood that in speaking of profitable 

 farming, something more is meant than is usually 

 conveyed by such a phrase. 



One cannot regard a small farm as profitable when 

 the owner can only just manage to feed and clothe 

 himself and family and keep clear of debt, or even in 

 addition save a few pounds in the year. 



Farming, large or small, before it can be termed 

 profitable should at the very least yield a revenue 

 capable not only of providing the necessaries of life 

 for those engaged on the farm, but be profitable 

 enough to yield a reasonable cash wage for every man, 

 woman, and child employed in it, and still leave a 

 surplus as net profit. How such is possible, by intensive 

 cultivation, is the main object before the writer's mind 

 in writing this book. 



